A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
CHARLES DE GAULLEEvery Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that’s the way he shows his passion for equality.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
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It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
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It’s better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself.
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The leader is always alone before bad fates.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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